How do ralph and piggy view simon‟s death? how does each of them react to it? why does ralph laugh as he says, "i got the conch," and why does piggy react so strongly to his laughter? what explanations do they have for their behavior, and what excuses do they come up with? what do these reactions show about them and about human nature?

Explanation:

Lord of the Flies is a first novel by British author William Golding, a Nobel Prize Winner, written in 1954.

The book is about a group of British Boys who gets grounded on an uninhabited island and the failing attempts they try to make to escape.

Ralph is guilt-stricken with the death of Simon where Piggy comforts Ralph saying that they have done nothing wrong it was just an accident. He tries to shift the blame saying that it was because of "that bloody dance", or that "He deserved it..."

The author has portrayed Piggy as the most intelligent boy on the island. He values civilization. The conch represents civilization, order, and structure which he values. He is very protective of the conch, so when Ralph laughs at the conch Piggy reacts strongly because he fears that Ralph has lost all hope of making a civilization on the uninhabited island.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)